As much as I make fun of the Ritz in all of my previous trip reports, it is still not my kind of place. The villa was spectacular and easily gave the six of us our space! It was absolutely wonderful that my brother Pete and his wife Mary Kay asked us to join them! It is the gesture that I will never forget having my boss tell me that he wanted me to go, even after being off for 5 weeks after the hip surgery!
The staff at the Ritz is extraordinary! They never forgot a name and accommodated any request with a smile on their face. But fighting for lounge chairs and having people sitting on top of you either at the pool or beach is not for me!
THE single comment that made me realize that I was in the wrong place was when a guy there on a business trip came out to his girlfriend at the pool and told her “The guys are saying that none of their wives want to sit next to my smoking hot girlfriend because they will not feel pretty!” I almost threw up because I saw some great looking wives of his colleagues!
Kay and I just looked at each other with a “did he really just say that” look on our faces!
But I am honored that they still named a special place for me near the pool even after all my complaints…
That is my story and I’m sticking to it!!
Just received a CD from Ed & Eileen with some of their pics from the trip so I thought I would add them in! The Wharf, Bar Jack, Duke’s and wave runners.
Calypso Grill and Hell – it seems a shame to put them in the same sentence!!
